Time Magazine
Tuesday, April 19, 2016 - 06:35
Troops on temporary assignment in Iraq, those guarding diplomatic outposts—or those rotating in to replace troops who haven’t left yet—aren’t included under that 4,087 ceiling. When they are, Pentagon officials say, the total U.S. troops presence in Iraq is creeping toward 5,000.
Friday, March 11, 2016 - 06:30
An accusation by Egypt’s interior minister on Sunday that members of the Muslim Brotherhood carried out the assassination of the country’s chief prosecutor has highlighted a simmering debate about the credibility and conduct of Egypt’s security apparatus as it grapples with ongoing attacks by militants.
Friday, March 4, 2016 - 07:01
In a significant departure from the Pakistani government’s consistent, years-long denial of relations with the Taliban, one of its most senior foreign policy officials went on the record this week to say that the Islamic extremist group’s leaders reside in Pakistan.
Wednesday, January 20, 2016 - 06:30
A series of recent terror attacks across Africa have raised fears of a new wave of extremist violence. From Somalia in the east to the Western Sahel, Africa’s hotspots started getting hotter over the past week with a series of terror attacks that have raised fears of a new wave of extremist violence.
Tuesday, October 27, 2015 - 06:27
Colombian left-wing guerrillas killed 12 state security personnel who were transporting election ballots to the capital, Bogotá, on Sunday, disrupting what was otherwise one of the least violent regional elections in Colombia’s recent history.
Friday, September 4, 2015 - 06:22
Guatemala’s newly sworn-in president demanded that all top government officials submit their resignations and promised an honest and inclusive administration following the surprise resignation earlier Thursday of President Otto Perez Molina amid a widening fraud investigation.
Monday, August 17, 2015 - 11:16
Brazilians took to the streets of cities and towns across the country Sunday for anti-government protests being watched as a barometer of discontent with the increasingly unpopular President Dilma Rousseff. Called mostly by activist groups via social media, the demonstrations assailed Rousseff, whose standing in the polls has plunged amid a snowballing corruption scandal that has embroiled politicians from her Workers’ Party as well as a sputtering economy, a weakening currency and rising inflation.
Friday, July 10, 2015 - 07:09
Pope Francis apologized Thursday for the sins, offenses and crimes committed by the Catholic Church against indigenous peoples during the colonial-era conquest of the Americas, delivering a powerful mea culpa on the part of the church in the climactic highlight of his South American pilgrimage.
Tuesday, May 19, 2015 - 06:36
American air strikes cannot compensate for divisions and distrust between the Shi'ite majority and Sunni minority. The U.S.-led coalition pounded the forces of the Islamic State in Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) over the weekend near the Iraqi city of Ramadi but that didn’t stop them from taking the city.
Thursday, February 26, 2015 - 06:40
Cuban President Raúl Castro awarded medals to five men on Tuesday, calling them national heroes for their espionage work in the U.S.